Toy blowgun and sounding device



June 20, 1950 A. DRlTZ TOY BLOWGUN AND sopunmc DEVICE Filed Sept. 6,1945 INVENTOR.

Arf/rur pr/f3 BY J ATTORNEYS Patented June 20, 1950 r-; -z s w- TOYBLOWGUN AND SOUNDING DEVICE Arthur Dritz, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application September 6, 1945, Serial No. 614,636

1 Claim.

This invention relates to toy blow guns and the same is moreparticularly concerned with a combined toy blow gun and sounding devicewhich latter in addition to functioning to emit a sound also provides astop for positioning the projectile in the gun.

The invention also comprehends a toy blow gun of the indicated characterin which the sounding device is so arranged therein as to receive partof a blast of air forced into the gun at the mouthpiece thereof foractuating the sounding device while leaving unobstructed a portion ofthe passageway for the blast of air to be exerted against the projectilefor expelling the same.

The invention further resides in a combined toy blow gun and whistlewhich is adapted to receive projectiles of different sizes incrosssection and which when employed therein provide different tonaleffects on the sound produced by the whistle.

With the foregoing and other objects in view reference is now made tothe following specification and accompanying drawings in which areillustrated the preferred embodiments of the invention.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through a combined toyblow gun and sounding device constructed in accordance with theinvention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately online 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view through a modified formof the invention.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged vertical sectional view taken approximately online 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference and moreparticularly to the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2thereof, the toy includes an elongated tube Ill preferably of circularformation in cross-section and provided with a mouthpiece ll secured tothe forward end thereof. The tube [0 is provided with a sounding device12 located in the bore l3 thereof adjacent the mouthpiece II. Thesounding device may be of any desired construction for emitting a soundor musical note by the passage of air therethrough. As illustrated thesounding device is of the siren type and includes a fixed metallic diskl4 having a plurality of radially arranged openings l5 therethrough.Pivoted to the outer face of the disk I4 on a centrally arranged pivotpin I6 is a rotary disk I! formed with a plurality of radially arrangedapertures l8 opening through uniformly arranged arcuate vanes l9 whichare adapted to receive against the inner arcuate faces thereof the blastof air forced through the openings [5 and apertures IE to produce arapid rotation of the rotary disk I! and thereby effect alternateopening and closing of the apertures l8 in the rotary disk ll to producea siren sound.

The sounding device I2 is secured in the bore I3 of the tube [0 intransverse angular relation thereto so as to form a passageway 20between the upper edge thereof and the adjacent inner face portion ofthe bore I3 for the passage of air therethrough for expelling aprojectile or missile 2| slidably fitted in said bore.

The projectile or missile 2| is adapted to abut against the soundingdevice I2 when dropped into the tube Ill which forms a stop to limit theinward movement of the same in the tube and to automatically positionthe projectile or missile adjacent the passageway 20.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Figs. 3 and 4 of thedrawings, the sounding device 22 is of the reed type which is arrangedin an auxiliary tube 23 secured in the bore 24 of an elongated blow guntube 25. The auxiliary tube 23 has its forward end located substantiallyflush with the forward end of the mouthpiece 26 of the tube 25 and isrelatively smaller in diameter so as to provide a passageway 21 betweenthe same and the inner face of the bore 24 for the passage of airtherethrough for expelling a projectile or missile 28.

The missiles 2| and 28 may be of cross-sectional size as illustrated toslidably fit the bores of the tubes respectively so as to block off thesame for the passage of air therethrough in which event the soundingdevices do not function to emit a sound until the missile is expelledfrom the bore of the tube. Reducing the cross-sectional size of themissile has the effect of permitting a portion of the air to passthrough the tube so that the sounding device will emit a changing toneas the missile approaches the outlet end of the bore,

What is claimed is:

In a toy of the indicated character, an elongated tube of uniforminternal diameter throughout and a sounding device for emitting a soundby the passage of air therethrough, said sounding device being locatedin the bore of said tube adjacent the forward end thereof and in spacedrelation to the periphery of the bore at one side thereof to therebyprovide a passageway between the same and a portion of the wall of saidbore to permit of the unobstructed flow of a portion of the air forcedinto said tube at the forward end thereof and said sounding deviceproviding a stop against which a missile is adapted to abut to disposethe same in position adjacent said passageway.

ARTHUR DRITZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 169,427 Durali Nov. 3, 1875565,423 Beck Aug. 11, 1896 633,411 Argyle Sept. 19, 1899 747,078 LeipoldDec. 15, 1903 856,813 Schultz June 11, 1907 889,345 Strauss June 2, 19081,061,302 Lohr May 13, 1913 1,250,557 Burget Dec. 18, 1917 1,549,350Deike Aug. 11, 1925 2,151,330 Prensky Mar. 21, 1939 2,256,925 McCoySept. 23, 1941

